It's a pretty neat place for plain old comfort food. And the fact that it's so close to the Velvet Ice Cream place makes it even better.

Unfortunately, two 65 year old restaurants just shut down. One, the Old Trail, was a mom and pop type place. The other, the Clarmont, was a terrific steak house, as well as a full service breakfast and lunch operation. At the Clarmont you'd run into governors. legislators, supreme court justices and power brokers of all stripes. It was a power breakfast and power lunch spot. I don't know what killed the Olt Trail, but according to the owner of the Clarmont it was the economy that did his place in.

buffetbuster, I'm afraid I can't tell you anything about the pies. While I do love a good banana cream pie, the Velvet Ice Cream place down the road gets me for an after meal visit. I think most people disagree with me, but I prefer Velvet ice cream to Graeter's. I'll try to remember to ask my grandson about the Watts cream pies next time I get to talk with him. He's certainly eaten his share of them.